Automobile-fender.



J. HADKA. AUTOMOBILE FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, 1912.

1,062,705. Patnted May 27, 1913.

F I (ll- To all whom z't may concern JOSEPH HADKA, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

AUTOMOBILE-FENDER.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 12, 1912. Serial No. 709,001.

Be it known that I, JOSEPH HADKA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile-Fenders, of which the following is a specification. 7

One of the objects of my invention is to produce an automobile fender simple and eflicient in its operation, cheap of manufacture and strong and durable'in its construction. I Y

A further object is to provide a simple form of automobile fender capable of being securel and easily attached by the owner of the car without assistance of a skilled mechanic, and Without the use of special machinery or tools, thus avoiding the necessity of sending the car to the shop and saving the time and expense that would thereby be required. A further object of my invention is to enable the fender to be easily and quickly detached when it is not required.

A further object is to avoid the necessity for the drilling or boring of additional holes in any part of the framework of the car, which would necessarily tend to weaken that part. By the use of the improvements hereinafter described I avoid that difiiculty by utilizing the bolts which'are already in place in the car. I While my invention maybe adapted for use with a variety of cars, the form herein described is'especially constructed for use with those cars which, like the Brush automobile, arebuilt with a horizontal bar which supports the radiator, and bears on each side of the radiator a lamp bracket bolted to the said bar.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a fragmental front elevation of a Brush automobile, showing portions of myfender bracket in place. 'Fig. 2 is a fragmental'top plan view. Fig. 3 is a detail view, partly sectional, showing the end ofthe fender bracket attached to the cross bar of the auto-mobile chassis by means of the lamp bracket bolt. Fig. 4 .is a detail sectional view showing the use of the special nut requiredto make the attachment shown in Fig. 3.

In a car of the construction referred to,

there is a horizontal cross bar 1 which forms tor and which carries'at each side of the throu h the'.bar 1 and the plate 2 of the lamp a racket.

admit of securing it by meansof an ordinary nut. x

in the automobile as it comes from. the factory. The fender which I have invented I for ittachment to a car of this construct-ion isshown in position in Fig. 2, and consists of short vertical bracket arms 5, horizontal hers-7, an impact bar 8 and members 9 tension members 7. p I

The extension members 7 are connected to spring. While any suitable means may; be employed to connect the impact bar with these chambered extension members, I prefer the construction set forth in my U S. Letters Patent 1,026,981, issued May 21,1912.

As the automobile comes to the purchaser, the bolt 3 is designed only to hold in place the lamp Bracket plate 2, and it is manifest that it would be too short to. pass through the additional thickness of the bracket arm 5 and protrude far enough to be engaged by a nut of the ordinary construction. -In order to secure the bracket arm 5 to*this bolt, the

the bolt at the same place as does the ordi- .the bracket arm 5 and be provided also with means of engaging the exterior su'rface of such arm at or beyonditheend of the bolt. l have therefore provided a speciallyfde. signed nut having a shoulder 10 and an extended depressed collar 11,-"screw-threaded' throughout and of proper interior diameter to engage the threadof the bolt 3. The exterior diameterof the collar'll is approximatelythesame as the diameter of a corresponding aperture in the vertical bracket arm .5, as shown in Fig.- 4.

The bracket arm 5 is recessed or cut awa in its lower part to avoid the head of the bolt 4,'as shown in Fig. '3. Above the bolt 4 and below the bolt 3 the rear; portion of the bracket arm 5 is beveled, as shown at 5 in Patented May 27, 1 913..

a part of the chasis and supports the radia- The bolt 3 projects in front of the bracket plate 2 just sufliciently far to The parts thus far described are foun the bracket bar 6 by any suitable means. and are chambered for the reception of a nut, which necessarily engages the thread of V nary nut, must extend into the interior of Fig. 3, for the purpose of avoiding the arm radiator a lamp bracket which is secured to the bar 1 by the bolts 3 and 4 passing bracket arms 6, chambered ext-ensionmeir'i' which connect the impact bar with the ex- 2 of the lamp bracket. This lamp bracket is on but one side of the fender arm; but in order to render the parts interchangeable I bevel. the bracket arm on both sides so that the same arm maybe used on the right or left side of the automobile.

-To attach this improved fender to an automobile of the construction described it is only necessary to remove the ordinary nut from the endof the bolt securing the lamp bracket plate 2, place the fender bracket arm 5 in position over the end of said bolt and apply and tighten the special nut, as described. The whole operation requires but a moment and can be performed by anyone with the ordinary wrench found in the tool box.

When the'fender is positioned and the nut has been tightened, the lower portion of the vertical bracket arm 5 bears against the head of the bolt 4, as shown in Fig. 3, thus giving strength and rigidity to the bracket connection. v

I do not desire to limit myself to the precise forms herein shown, since the proportions, form and manner of construction may be varied without departing from the spirit and substance of my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

- 1. In an automobile fender, a securingv bolt, a supporting member having an arm containing an aperture for the reception of the threaded end of such bolt, and a shouldered nut adapted tovengage the thread of such bolt in saidaperture. v

2. In an automobile fender, a bracket arm containingan aperture for the reception of a bolt and a screwthreaded nut havmgn shoulderadapted to bear against thesurface of said arm and a depressed extended collar adapted to engage the thread ofa bolt with in said aperture. I I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto at fixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses. I

JOSEPH HADKA.

Witnesses F. J I'IIEJSA, ED. VOTAVA.

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